I cannot believe you had the chance to ride a real Manx. Not a lot of those around here and I want one so bad I'm scheming to build a "fake" Manx out of a featherbed and some yet to be determined amc 500 single in the future. I figured I'd never get to ride or own one otherwise and it's my opinion that the Norton Manx is the pinnacle of vintage roadracing motorcycle perfection. One lucky dude for sure.

Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear (British Car show) also said he hated motorcycles until one episode their challenge was to ride one all the way up the Vietnamese coast. By the end he was almost weeping when he said he now loved motorcycles. They have a way of changing someone. Riding is massively liberating.

Amen he has seen the light . Hate is a strong word though . Myself i like machines with wheels, engines and the machines that are used make them and things that go around and around . Am i rambling again